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IMPROVED PAINT BRUSH.

JOHN MAROBANK, OF LANSINGBURGH, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JAMIE vvMoQUADRI,OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 59,850, dated November 20, i865.

SPEC'FIOATIQLT.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONGERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN MARCHBANILVof Lansingburgh, in the county ofRensselaer, and State of No York, have invented a new and usefulimprovement in Paint Brushes; and I do hereby declare that the folloiing is a full7 Clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art'to make and u the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing formin` a part of this specica'tion:

.The present inventionrelates to the manner of securing the bristlescomposing the brush to its handle, a1 it consists in forming a ferruleof coiled wire, oi' an enlarged shape, between its two ends, Vwhich coilmidway, i nearly so, between its two ends, is opened suciently to allowthe bristles that are to constitute the brush, tol inserted in oneportion of suich coil and drawn through the same toward its small end,and the handleA to l inserted in the other portion and similarly drawnthrough it toward its smaller end, until the tail or end of sin handle,which is of corresponding shape to that portion of the coil, has becomewedged therein, when bringir the twosections of the coil together, theyare then soldered or in any other proper manner there secured, thattaching the bristles of the brush firmly and tightly to the handle ofthe same, as is obvious; the several coi of the ferrule7 beforebeingopened as above stated, being secured together, between the pointat which it is open# and its two ends, by soldering the same or in anyother proper manner.

In accompanying plate ot' drawings my improvement in brushes isillustrated, the gure, being a sir view of the same, in the directionoi" its length, showing the ferrule or coil, opened at a point midway,or nearly s between its two ends. l

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the bristles composing the brush, and thehandle for the same; the form being secured to the latter by means or"and through a ferrule, O. This ferrule is made of a wire coil, whichsomewhat larger in diameter at its centre than at its two ends, or, inother words, of a taper or conical for from its centre, or nearly so,toward each of its ends; the several coils constituting `the ferrule, asabove state except one or more, at or near its centro, or midway betweenits two ends, being secured together by solderii or in any other propermanner.

In this wire-coil ferrule O, the bristles and handle are secured, thecoil. being nrs., opened at or near i centre as shown in the drawings,so as to allow the bristles to be .inserted in the larger -nd of .one ofsuch p( tions of the Jferrule, and drawn through it toward its smallerend until they have become wedged, as it we] therein; and the handle byits head to be correspondingly inserted in and drawn through theotherportion of t ferrule until it comes, by its tail end, which is of acorresponding shape to that of the coil,.C, to a tight and clc seattherein; when, bringing the two portions of the coil ferrule together,they are then there secured by soldi ing or in anyother proper manner,therebyproducing a irm, strong, and reliable as well as durable attaohmeoi' the bristle to the-handle, as is obvious without any furtherexplanation,

'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The coiled wireferrule C, enlarged at the centre and adapted to admit of the insertionof the bristles, sr stantially as and for the purpose speci'iied.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 5th day ofSeptember, 1866.

I JOHN MAROHBANK.

Witnesses:

CEAS. J. LANSING, AZARIAH Fiss.

